Video 06/15/2009
Fiction Rain Shadow. Series 1 . 2 discs. color. 324 min. Australian Broadcasting Corp. , dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2008. DVD UPC 0-54961-81309-4. $39.99. F This 2007 Australian miniseries stars Rachel Ward as a veterinarian in the small farming town of Paringa, which has endured a ten-year drought and is facing a disease among the sheep herds that could destroy ...
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Video Updates 05/15/2009
Last Stop for Paul (LJ 5/1/09) is now available exclusively from the producer, Neil Mandt, Mandt Bros. Productions, LLC, 6910 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038; 323-466-6600; neil@mandtbros.com. The review of Jamesie, King of Scratch (LJ 4/15/09), refers to "the Virgin Islands under Dutch rule.
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Fast Scans By Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA - 05/15/2009
Danton . 2 discs. color. 136 min. In French w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection , dist. by Image Entertainment. 1983. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-126-3 . $39.95. An indomitable Gérard Depardieu tears into the title role of celebrated hero of the French Revolution who runs afoul of erstwhile comrade Robespierre over allegations of rising despotism in late 18th-century France.
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Video 05/15/2009
Fiction The Adventure Collection . 14 discs. 29+ hrs. A&E Television Networks , dist. by New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-2840-3 . $99.95. F This massive collection (over 20 hours of feature content) includes some of the finest made-for-TV fiction and nonfiction adventure films shown on A&E Networks since 1999.
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Video 05/01/2009
Fiction The Beiderbecke Affair . 2 vols. color. 300 min. David Reynolds & Frank W. Smith , Yorkshire Prod. , dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-81619-4. $39.99. F This "delightfully quirky" British mystery series was originally created in the 1980s by Alan Plater, with The Beiderbecke Affair followed by The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke...
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Music for the Masses Matthew Moyer, Reference Librarian, Popular Media Dept., Jacksonville P.L., FL, March 6, 2009 Bound To Lose
I almost ran my car off the road when I happened upon the tail end of this radio... More
Music for the Masses Matthew Moyer, Reference Librarian, Popular Media Dept., Jacksonville P.L., FL, November 5, 2008 The Sacred Harp
It ain't all profane pop music around here! I was heartened, recently, to receive a c... More
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